Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
On July 1, the loan rate for student loans will double. This will reduce the number of students taking on this burden. Democrats in Congress are deeply upset. They have published a report showing that the total student debt load has risen to almost $1 trillion. In this report, we read this warning. The steady [...]
Continue reading →The eighth grader in West Virginia who was arrested when he wore an NRA T-shirt is facing a $500 fine and a year in jail. I don’t think he will serve any time. He already received a 12-year sentence: public school education. The NRA T-shirt stands for National Rifle Association. If I were his father, [...]
Continue reading →The governor of Kansas has signed a law that prohibits local governments from using taxpayers’ money to promote gun control. They may not produce or distribute “any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television or video presentation” that is related to gun control. They may not hire lobbyists, either. Gun control promoters say this [...]
Continue reading →A principal suspended a student for saying “gun” on a school bus. The boy had the nerve to tell other students that he thought it would have been a good idea to have had a gun in the Sandy Hook school where the madman shot students. That did it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. The [...]
Continue reading →Three tax-funded schools in Florida allowed a profit-seeking firm onto the campuses to scan the eyes of children. These are the equivalent of fingerprints. The schools did not notify parents. The scanning was done without parental authorization. This technology is spreading. It is part of a nationwide program. More than one profit-seeking firm is trying [...]
Continue reading →The monopoly is tottering. Ten more universities have joined Coursera, the site that posts free college courses. This project began less than 36 months ago as a part-time venture. The ten universities are tax-funded. This means that the wave of participants is about to grow like a tsunami. Any state university that refuses to participate [...]
Continue reading →If you are interested in the history of ideas, at some point this question will occur to you: “How is it possible for someone to gain influence, yet at the same time retain his independence?” If you traffic in ideas, you have to be able to do both. A crackpot can go online today and [...]
Continue reading →Michigan’s Buena Vista — “Good View” — school district in Michigan shut down this week. It is out of money. Some teachers say they will teach for free. But will all of them do this? In any case, it’s illegal. Michigan doesn’t allow it. The state cut funding by $3 million, due to declining enrollment. [...]
Continue reading →Average student debt for college is now $26,500. That is up 5% from last year. As with almost everything else in life, Pareto’s 20-80 rule governs student debt. About 20% of students with debt carry 80% of this debt. Median debt is half this: about $13,600. Half owe more; half owe less. What the stories [...]
Continue reading →You cannot pay to get into this five-session seminar, but about 150 college undergraduates will get into it for free. Mises University is the premier training course on the free market for college undergraduates. It held every summer at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. Any student who is accepted gets a full [...]
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